FIU Panthers track and field

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FIU Panthers track and field
Florida International University FIU logo.svg
University Florida International University
Head coach Ryan Heberling
Conference C-USA
Location Westchester, Florida
Outdoor track Tropical Park Track
Nickname Panthers
ColorsBlue and gold [1]
   

The FIU Panthers track and field team is the track and field program that represents Florida International University. The Panthers compete in NCAA Division I as a member of the Conference USA. The team is based in Westchester, Florida, at the Tropical Park Track. [2]

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The program is coached by Ryan Heberling. [3] The track and field program officially encompasses four teams because the NCAA considers men's and women's indoor track and field and outdoor track and field as separate sports. [4]

The Panthers track team is one of the few NCAA Division I teams to not have an on-campus track facility. Athletes commute to Tropical Park to train, about four miles away from the campus. [5] Sheri-Ann Brooks won the team's first NCAA title over 200 meters outdoors in 2005. [6]

Postseason

As of August 2025, a total of 3 men and 8 women have achieved individual first-team All-American status for the team at the Division I men's outdoor, women's outdoor, men's indoor, or women's indoor national championships (using the modern criteria of top-8 placing regardless of athlete nationality). [7] [8]

First team NCAA All-Americans
TeamChampionshipsNameEventPlaceRef.
Women's 1996 Indoor Shonda Swift Triple jump 7th [9]
Women's 1997 Indoor Shonda Swift Triple jump 5th [9]
Women's 1997 Outdoor Shonda Swift Long jump 2nd [10]
Women's 1997 Outdoor Shonda Swift Triple jump 2nd [11]
Women's 1998 Indoor Tayna Lawrence 200 meters 6th [12]
Men's 1998 Outdoor Rod Davis 400 meters hurdles 6th [13]
Women's 1998 Outdoor Tayna Lawrence 100 meters 4th [14]
Women's 1998 Outdoor Tayna Lawrence 200 meters 5th [15]
Women's 1999 Indoor Tayna Lawrence 60 meters 3rd [16]
Women's 1999 Indoor Tayna Lawrence 200 meters 5th [12]
Men's 2000 Outdoor Kevin Bateman Javelin throw 7th [17]
Women's 2001 Indoor Farah Jean-Pierre High jump 3rd [18]
Women's 2005 Indoor Sheri-Ann Brooks 60 meters 7th [16]
Women's 2005 Outdoor Sheri-Ann Brooks 200 meters 1st [15]
Women's 2007 Outdoor Naim Yisrael 400 meters hurdles 6th [19]
Men's 2008 Indoor Ronald Forbes 60 meters hurdles 3rd [20]
Men's 2008 Outdoor Ronald Forbes 110 meters hurdles 8th [21]
Women's 2018 Indoor Clarissa Cutliff High jump 5th [18]
Women's 2022 Outdoor Rhema Otabor Javelin throw 4th [22]
Women's 2025 Outdoor Michaëlle Valentin Discus throw 8th [23]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "FIU Style Guide" (PDF). Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  2. ↑ "FIU Panthers Media Guide" (PDF). Florida International University Athletics. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
  3. ↑ "FIU Panthers Track and Field Coach". Florida International University Athletics. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
  4. ↑ "Here are the differences between the indoor and outdoor track seasons". ncaa.com. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
  5. ↑ "Running in circles: Track and field athletes speak out over state of facilities". panthernow.com .
  6. ↑ "Sprinters on world stage". Miami Herald . 6 August 2005. p. 44. Retrieved 11 February 2026.
  7. ↑ "USTFCCCA InfoZone: Meet History by Event: NCAA Division I Indoor Championships". USTFCCCA . Retrieved 27 December 2024.
  8. ↑ "USTFCCCA InfoZone: Meet History by Event: NCAA Division I Outdoor Championships". USTFCCCA . Retrieved 27 December 2024.
  9. 1 2 "Triple jump at the NCAA Division I Women's Indoor Track and Field Championships". USTFCCCA . Retrieved 28 December 2024.
  10. ↑ "Long jump at the NCAA Division I Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championships". USTFCCCA . Retrieved 28 December 2024.
  11. ↑ "Triple jump at the NCAA Division I Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championships". USTFCCCA . Retrieved 28 December 2024.
  12. 1 2 "200 meters at the NCAA Division I Women's Indoor Track and Field Championships". USTFCCCA . Retrieved 28 December 2024.
  13. ↑ "400 meters hurdles at the NCAA Division I Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championships". USTFCCCA . Retrieved 28 December 2024.
  14. ↑ "100 meters at the NCAA Division I Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championships". USTFCCCA . Retrieved 28 December 2024.
  15. 1 2 "200 meters at the NCAA Division I Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championships". USTFCCCA . Retrieved 28 December 2024.
  16. 1 2 "60 meters at the NCAA Division I Women's Indoor Track and Field Championships". USTFCCCA . Retrieved 28 December 2024.
  17. ↑ "Javelin throw at the NCAA Division I Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championships". USTFCCCA . Retrieved 28 December 2024.
  18. 1 2 "High jump at the NCAA Division I Women's Indoor Track and Field Championships". USTFCCCA . Retrieved 28 December 2024.
  19. ↑ "400 meters hurdles at the NCAA Division I Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championships". USTFCCCA . Retrieved 28 December 2024.
  20. ↑ "60 meters hurdles at the NCAA Division I Men's Indoor Track and Field Championships". USTFCCCA . Retrieved 28 December 2024.
  21. ↑ "110 meters hurdles at the NCAA Division I Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championships". USTFCCCA . Retrieved 28 December 2024.
  22. ↑ "Javelin throw at the NCAA Division I Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championships". USTFCCCA . Retrieved 28 December 2024.
  23. ↑ "Discus throw at the NCAA Division I Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championships". USTFCCCA . Retrieved 28 December 2024.
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